Very interesting topic. as noted it'll be a shame if these old techincal skills fade away in obscurity....
re. New Zealand. Jerry, a good friend of mine spent a yr in NZ upgradeing their telco central offices and he really liked it there.
Do you like lamb?
Back a few yrs ago I went to a tech school to get familure w/a product that was developed by a NZ company and the instructors and staff were all New Zealanders, great people. Only problem I had was to get them to slow down alittle so I could understand them
Have fun and take a good book, it's a long flight.
Dave
